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Originally Posted by Tobra View Post
Based on the text of the article, it appears the guy wanted to see if playing the knockout game was a hate crime if you reversed the race of the participants. We have all seen dozens of video clips where a young black man, or group of young black men, cold cock a white man or woman, usually elderly. This is the first one where a hate crime was charged, to my knowledge. Coincidentally, this is the first one I have heard of where the perpetrator was white and the victim was black.
What an idiot...

Whatever the case is with previous attacks of this sort, its hardly surprising to see hate crime charges when the perp makes a video of himself clearly indicating that the attack was racially motivated...
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